First Watch

[Salir Julio 0]

Engineering was humming quietly and peacefully. Despite the drama going on around the rest of the ship, the solitary seclusion and tranquility of Engineering remained intact. The only sign anything was out of the ordinary was the flashing of lights to inform the crew they were still on alert.

 

Salir ran his hands over the master status console, updating the systems reports. He had been filled with a mixture of anxiety, giddiness and anticipation when he’d reported for duty this morning, and it was so far living up to be one the best days of his professional career. Not only had seemed to hit it off well with the Chief, but she’d given him command of Engineering…on his first day on alpha shift!

 

It was, since the Gideon incident, one of the few positive moments he’d had. Everything since that day had been a whirlwind of action. In the briefest of moments, he’d had his entire life swept aside and found himself deposited on a new ship thousands of light years away from home. Now they were caught in the crosswinds of a war they couldn’t even begin to understand. You had the Selshans, the Soltons and the Umbra all staking out a position for themselves and Agincourt caught somewhere in the middle of the triangle of death.

 

Just thinking about that situation made Silar’s head hurt. That’s why he was happy he was only a lowly ensign tucked away in engineering—the only thing he had to worry about was doing his job and making sure the ship held together through the ordeal.

 

Speaking of which, he needed to get back to work and stop day dreaming. He could ill afford the ship blowing up on his first watch.

[Michael Hill 0]

I've been reading the logs from this sim for a couple of months now and I must say, I am really impressed. A lot of good, compelling stuff - you don't see a lot of this quality anymore!

 

Keep up the good work!!